A commercial that has been burned into your memory

[qu_rahn]

Coffee? Tea? SEGA!

I always thought this Miata commercial was m dope

 

[Dave.]

For some reason Nickelodeon when Rugrats Go Wild was in the works wouldn’t stop fucking playing that commercial where Dill slobbers over Phil’s feet.

 

[Ron Jeremy Stan Account]

Oh God, there's one I've been searching for in ages but alas cannot find: in circa 2000 or so WB Kids used to air this promo for the Men in Black cartoon featuring the aliens singing about coffee, and it ends with Will Smith's character interrupting their song by telling them he's switching to decaf, much to their dismay. I cam remember how the song goes too.

 

[Trilby]

Someone posted this classic of my childhood I'm sure nobody cares to remember fondly but I still do.

 

[Realistic]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health". The commercial was like the only successful thing that came out of that product and it's only good because it's humor lied in the fact that it was cheap, simplistic and annoying, leading to it being the meme king for a few months.

 

[Syaoran Li]

 

[sasazuka]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health". The commercial was like the only successful thing that came out of that product and it's only good because it's humor lied in the fact that it was cheap, simplistic and annoying, leading to it being the meme king for a few months.

I tried Head-On, it felt like ice cold menthol muscle rub in Chapstick form.

When they stopped selling it, I just switched to rubbing store brand ice cold menthol rub on my forehead instead if I have a particularly acute headache.

 

[McMitch]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health". The commercial was like the only successful thing that came out of that product and it's only good because it's humor lied in the fact that it was cheap, simplistic and annoying, leading to it being the meme king for a few months.

All of that is wrong. Not only was it not toxic to anyone’s health, the actual issue with the product was that it was almost entirely wax (other ingredients were measured at parts per TRILLION). The reason the ads were so simple and repetitive is that the US has some actually effective laws against false advertising, so they couldn’t actually claim any benefits from it. It got removed from the shelves simply because no one was buying it.

 

[MysticMisty]

All of that is wrong. Not only was it not toxic to anyone’s health, the actual issue with the product was that it was almost entirely wax (other ingredients were measured at parts per TRILLION). The reason the ads were so simple and repetitive is that the US has some actually effective laws against false advertising, so they couldn’t actually claim any benefits from it. It got removed from the shelves simply because no one was buying it.

I remember their last ditch effort to stay in business was switching to "customer" "testimonials". It's a pretty common way to get around the laws, just have someone say the product is great and helps them everyday, then include a disclaimer that it's not FDA approved to actually do what the person said it does. Head On had so little of anything that wasn't wax that they couldn't even really do that, though.

 

[cactus]

This thing still gets stuck in my head. Video is kinda shit, sorry.

 

[Dom Cruise]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health". The commercial was like the only successful thing that came out of that product and it's only good because it's humor lied in the fact that it was cheap, simplistic and annoying, leading to it being the meme king for a few months.

HEAD ON
Apply directly to the forehead!
HEAD ON
Apply directly to the forehead!
HEAD ON
Apply directly to the forehead!

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Several. Can't look for vids atm.


NICKELODEON MAGAZINE PLEASE!

Mommy's got a French fry! Mommy's got *baby hits mom on the forehead *

Jennifer Hudson belting out SUN IN THE SKYYYY YOU KNOA HOW I FEEEEL for Weight Watchers or something.

 

[AnOminous]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health".

I don't see how. It didn't even have any actual ingredients. It was pure homeopathic swindle that didn't do anything at all.

 

[Disappointed Kenny]

The product itself was a disaster, it was supposed to relieve your headaches by just rubbing it on your forehead but it was taken off store shelves because it was deemed "toxic to your health". The commercial was like the only successful thing that came out of that product and it's only good because it's humor lied in the fact that it was cheap, simplistic and annoying, leading to it being the meme king for a few months.

I vaguely recall the reason for the repetition is that repeating things 3 times is the optimal way to get people to remember things, and that this was used in radio ads very frequently for info like business phone numbers and stuff like that.

 

[MysticMisty]

I don't see how. It didn't even have any actual ingredients. It was pure homeopathic swindle that didn't do anything at all.

This. The commercial itself was far more damaging to the brand than anything about the product itself, since people rather obviously don't buy shit that annoys them. Hence the last ditch attempt with the "customer" testimonials to try to get people to buy their useless headache chapstick.

 

[TheRetardKing]

 

[Preferred Penne]

AND THEN HE SHRUNK MAH HAYD

 

[Borax Bozo]

From the "I have no goddamn idea how this got on TV" files:

 

[The Iconoclast]

There were a few that I remember bits and pieces of, I remember one with Noah Munck (Gibby) promoting something, one with a bunch of people with one eye, and one with a bunch of people linking together to form a bridge for a truck. Can't remember any of those specifically though.

The one that is absolutely burnt into my mind though, is this one;

I saw this live during the Super Bowl, me and a few of my friends were backing the Ravens and my best friend's dad and a few of his friends were backing the 49ers, and I will never forget the laugh we had at the end of the commercial.

 

[Pickle Dick]

zooming out again

remember zoo pals?